{"id":2457,"date":"2017-07-08T16:42:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T20:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nellaware.com\/blog\/?p=2457"},"modified":"2023-05-22T15:53:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T19:53:30","slug":"free-and-slave-states-map-state-territory-and-city-populations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nellaware.com\/blog\/free-and-slave-states-map-state-territory-and-city-populations.html","title":{"rendered":"Free And Slave States Map – State, Territory, And City Populations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Which states were free and which states had slavery?<\/h2>\n

How many slaves were there? How many black people were free? Which states did they live in?<\/h2>\n

How were the states and cities populated when the Civil War began?<\/h2>\n

Sometimes when learning about the Civil War it’s good to know the geography of the free and slave states, and how the free and slave states were populated. Provided here for reference is a map that shows the free and slave states, listings of the free, slave, and border states, tables of state and territory populations, a table of the total populations of the states and territories, and a table of the 10 largest cities in the United States in 1860.<\/p>\n

In the times before and during the Civil War much of the United States was made up of farmland, unsettled territories, and lightly populated areas. Most people lived on farms or in small towns, but in contrast, there were cities like New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and New Orleans which were bustling with people, business, factories, and activity. The South had fewer people than the North, and the North had more enterprise than the South. The South was more rural with farms and plantations, and while the North had its farmers and rural places too, it had more cities. The division of slavery, the “peculiar institution,” would split the union of the states and bring on a Civil War that would end the lives of hundreds of thousands. A Civil War that would forever change the lives of the people and the landscape of the North and the South.<\/p>\n

1857 General Map Of The United States Showing Free States, Slave States, And Territories<\/h2>\n

Click\/right click on map for larger image.
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1857 General Map of the United-States<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Map Color Key<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Free states and territories colored green.<\/li>\n
  • Dark green shows the free states.<\/li>\n
  • Light green shows the territories.<\/li>\n
  • Slave-holding states colored red.<\/li>\n
  • Slave importing states colored dark red.<\/li>\n
  • Slave exporting states colored light red.<\/li>\n
  • Boundary of the seceding states colored light gray.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Free States 1857<\/h2>\n
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    • California<\/li>\n
    • Connecticit<\/li>\n
    • Illinois<\/li>\n
    • Indiana<\/li>\n
    • Iowa<\/li>\n
    • Maine<\/li>\n
    • Massachusetts<\/li>\n
    • Michigan<\/li>\n
    • New Hampshire<\/li>\n
    • New York<\/li>\n
    • New Jersey<\/li>\n
    • Ohio<\/li>\n
    • Pennsylvania<\/li>\n
    • Rhode Island<\/li>\n
    • Vermont<\/li>\n
    • Wisconsin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Slave States 1857<\/h2>\n
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      • Alabama<\/li>\n
      • Arkansas<\/li>\n
      • Delaware<\/li>\n
      • Florida<\/li>\n
      • Georgia<\/li>\n
      • Kentucky<\/li>\n
      • Louisiana<\/li>\n
      • Maryland<\/li>\n
      • Mississippi<\/li>\n
      • Missouri<\/li>\n
      • North Carolina<\/li>\n
      • South Carolina<\/li>\n
      • Tennessee<\/li>\n
      • Texas<\/li>\n
      • Virginia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Learn Civil War History Podcast Episode Seven: Freedman Jourdon Anderson Writes A Letter To His Old Master<\/h3>\n

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